Windows Media Player Rotation

[James Silverton]

I wonder if anyone knows how to rotate the picture by 90 degrees in the
Windows Media Player? I have been sent some small movies taken with a
cell phone, I think, and I cannot find out how tho view them properly.
The files have extension .mov.

 

[Evan Platt]

I wonder if anyone knows how to rotate the picture by 90 degrees in the
Windows Media Player? I have been sent some small movies taken with a
cell phone, I think, and I cannot find out how tho view them properly.
The files have extension .mov.

I don't know if WMP has that capability built in, but most video
drivers support screen rotation - you essentially rotate the entire
screen.

Control-Alt and Up arrow, left arrow, right arrow, down arrow, etc.
Left rotates left, right right, up back up, etc.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I wonder if anyone knows how to rotate the picture by 90 degrees in the
Windows Media Player? I have been sent some small movies taken with a cell
phone, I think, and I cannot find out how tho view them properly. The files
have extension .mov.

When I had a similar problem I had to rotate my screen - no, not the
monitor

In my current case, with an nVidia video card, I bring up the nVidia
Control Panel, find Rotate Screen, click there, and voilà, I can make
the video look great.

My older video card had hot keys, like Ctrl-Alt-Left Arrow or some
such, but not this one.

Why I had to do it this way: one of my video players lets me rotate the
picture, but it doesn't rotate the display box, so heads and feet get
cut off ;-)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

When I had a similar problem I had to rotate my screen - no, not the monitor

In my current case, with an nVidia video card, I bring up the nVidia Control
Panel, find Rotate Screen, click there, and voilà, I can make the video look
great.

My older video card had hot keys, like Ctrl-Alt-Left Arrow or some such, but
not this one.

Why I had to do it this way: one of my video players lets me rotate the
picture, but it doesn't rotate the display box, so heads and feet get cut off
;-)

BTW, when the screen is rotated, trying to use the mouse will probably
drive you crazy, unless you're a much calmer person than I am

 

[charlie]

BTW, when the screen is rotated, trying to use the mouse will probably
drive you crazy, unless you're a much calmer person than I am

Along the general wth display theme--
In the win 3.1 days, there was a key sequence on many desktops that
caused the display to mirror image. It usually occurred when a fast two
handed typist hit about three keys at the same time. We never figured
out if it was a result of keyboard circuitry, a driver, or an obscure
key sequence that was not well documented.

 

[Evan Platt]

Along the general wth display theme--
In the win 3.1 days, there was a key sequence on many desktops that
caused the display to mirror image. It usually occurred when a fast two
handed typist hit about three keys at the same time. We never figured
out if it was a result of keyboard circuitry, a driver, or an obscure
key sequence that was not well documented.

Control-Alt - arrow keys

 

[VanguardLH]

I wonder if anyone knows how to rotate the picture by 90 degrees in the
Windows Media Player? I have been sent some small movies taken with a
cell phone, I think, and I cannot find out how tho view them properly.
The files have extension .mov.

A Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=+rotate++video

found:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rotate-video-files-mac-pc/

If the video editors mentioned in the above article do not handle .mov
files, convert them to something they do support. FormatFactory is a
good audio/video converter.

 

[...winston]

If viewing is all you need..you might try adding the video to Movie Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker..either will allow it to be
rotated and viewed without having to create a project.

Optionally, to echo and add to other responses...third party players are available that can perform a rotate task.


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"James Silverton" wrote in message
I wonder if anyone knows how to rotate the picture by 90 degrees in the
Windows Media Player? I have been sent some small movies taken with a
cell phone, I think, and I cannot find out how tho view them properly.
The files have extension .mov.

 

[James Silverton]

BTW, when the screen is rotated, trying to use the mouse will probably
drive you crazy, unless you're a much calmer person than I am

Thank you Gene and everyone. I agree that trying to use the mouse on a
rotated screen *does* drive me nuts. Perhaps, I may be able to train
myself or use Mousekeys but I haven't got the hang of that yet. However,
for these little *short* movies unless I want to save them, turning my
head sideways seems a solution.

 

[James Silverton]

If viewing is all you need..you might try adding the video to Movie
Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker..either will allow it to be rotated
and viewed without having to create a project.

Optionally, to echo and add to other responses...third party players are
available that can perform a rotate task.

Thanks for the suggestion of Movie Maker. It's a bit of a chore to save
the little file and open Movie Maker but it does work.

 

[Bob I]

BTW, when the screen is rotated, trying to use the mouse will probably
drive you crazy, unless you're a much calmer person than I am

Rotate mouse 90°.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Rotate mouse 90°.

Which way? Around which axis?

Just kidding, of course. I just tried it; I rotated it the wrong way at
first, so I rotated it another 180°. It *does* work

If it's not clear what I meant by "which axis", I meant things like
rotating it sideways off the desk or lifting the front end up...

It's my idea of humor.

 

[Bob I]

Which way? Around which axis?

Just kidding, of course. I just tried it; I rotated it the wrong way at
first, so I rotated it another 180°. It *does* work

If it's not clear what I meant by "which axis", I meant things like
rotating it sideways off the desk or lifting the front end up...

It's my idea of humor.

<grin>

I figured that the user would experiment if not obvious to them. But
with three axises to pick from and two directions on each axis we are
starting to have option paralysis for some folks. ;-)

 

[Ed Cryer]

<grin>

I figured that the user would experiment if not obvious to them. But
with three axises to pick from and two directions on each axis we are
starting to have option paralysis for some folks. ;-)

Or even option paralysises for others.
;-) Ed

Excuse me, please. I tried but couldn't resist it.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

option paralysis

Neat phrase (it's new to me).

 

[Char Jackson]

Neat phrase (it's new to me).

Similar to analysis paralysis. My day job is network architecture
design, and sometimes there are so many options, each with their own
set of dependencies, that you can't store it all in your brain.
Analysis paralysis sets in, and stays, until you just make a decision
and go with it.

 

[Bob I]

Or even option paralysises for others.
;-) Ed

Excuse me, please. I tried but couldn't resist it.

No problem, humor is appreciated. (Spell checker didn't flag it either)